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ALPBOOT06_061 Alpha V6.1 BOOT ECO Summary
Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1996. All rights reserved.
OP/SYS: OpenVMS Alpha
COMPONENT: APB.EXE
CLUE$SDA.EXE
DEBUG_APB.EXE
EXCEPTION.EXE
EXEC_INIT.EXE
SYS$CNBTDRIVER.EXE
SYS$DKBTDRIVER.EXE
SYS$ECBTDRIVER.EXE
SYS$ERBTDRIVER.EXE
SYS$ESBTDRIVER.EXE
SYS$EWBTDRIVER.EXE
SYS$EXBTDRIVER.EXE
SYS$EZBTDRIVER.EXE
SYS$FCBTDRIVER.EXE
SYS$FCBTDRIVER.EXE
SYS$FRBTDRIVER.EXE
SYS$FXBTDRIVER.EXE
SYS$ISLBTDRIVER.EXE
SYS$KDMBTDRIVER.EXE
SYS$NISCA_BTDRIVER.EXE
SYS$PKTBTDRIVER.EXE
SYS$PKZABTDRIVER.EXE
SYSBOOT.EXE
SYSINIT.EXE
SYSTEM_DEBUG.EXE
SYSLDR_DYN.EXE
SOURCE: Digital Equipment Corporation
ECO INFORMATION:
ECO Kit Name: ALPBOOT06_061
ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: ALPBOOT05_061
ALPBOOT01_062 (See note below)
ALPAPB01_062 (ALPAPB)
AXPBOOT04_061 (AXPBOOT)
AXPBOOT03_061
AXPBOOT02_061
AXPBOOT01_061
ECO Kit Approximate Size: 6174 Blocks
Kit Applies To: OpenVMS Alpha V6.1, V6.1-1H1, V6.1-1H2
System/Cluster Reboot Necessary: Yes
NOTE:
The ALPBOOT01_062 remedial kit is superseded for all fixes with the
exception of the DECchip 21040 & 21041 Driver problem. The DECchip
21040 & 21041 Driver problem is contained in the ALPLAN02_062 kit.
ECO KIT SUMMARY:
An ECO kit exists for BOOT or OpenVMS Alpha V6.1. This kit addresses
the following problems:
Problems addressed in the ALPBOOT06_061 kit:
o This kit contains images that support the use of the " dump_dev
" environmental variable. This variable is used to locate the
system disk, when the crash dump file must be written. If the
variable is not populated, or does not exist, the current
behavior of using the " booted_dev " as the device to access
the sysdump.dmp file is used.
The " bootdef_dev " variable should list both paths to the
system boot device. Therefore if the boot device should move
between controllers, the console will be able to locate it and
boot the system.
The " dump_dev " variable should also list both paths to the
system boot device, as the " bootdef_dev " variable does. This
will enable the bug check code to locate the boot device.
If the system disk is a two member shadow set, both paths to
both devices should be stored in " dump_dev " and in "
bootdef_dev ".
For example, shown below is the results of doing executing
>>> sho dev
>>> show *
commands, with a two member shadowed system disk.
>>> sho dev
polling for units on cixcd0, slot 2, xmi0...
Resetting IO subsystem...
·
·
·
dua206.4.0.2.3 $4$DUA206 (RED70A) RA72
dua229.4.0.2.3 $4$DUA229 (RED70A) RA72
·
·
·
polling for units on cixcd1, slot 4, xmi0...
dub206.7.0.4.3 $4$DUA206 (GRN70A) RA72
·
·
·
polling for units on cixcd1, slot 4, xmi0...
dub229.4.0.4.3 $4$DUA229 (GRN70B) RA72
>>>
>>> show *
auto_action HALT
·
·
·
bootdef_dev dub206.7.0.4.3,dua206.4.0.2.3,dua229.4.0.2.3,
dub229.4.0.
4.3
·
·
·
dump_dev dub206.7.0.4.3,dua206.4.0.2.3,dua229.4.0.2.3,
dub229.4.0.
4.3
·
·
·
version T4.3-4740 Jun 14 1995 15:16:38
>>>
Problems addressed in the ALPBOOT05_061 kit:
o The DE205 boot driver is deficient in that the performance is
less than admirable. It actually works but periodically
requires a timeout and reset of the bootdriver thus extending
boot times considerably (by a factor of 20).
o When a system disk fails over to an alternate path (HSC)
crashdumps aren't written but the system reboots successfully.
o Shutting down or forcing a crash on a satellite that is booted
from a shadowed system disk produces the following error
message but no dump file:
**** Cannot use unit 0, not the master member of the system disk
shadow set
o Dumps can't be taken if DUMP_DEV ws specified but SYSINIT has
not yet filled in the system disk data.
Problems addressed in the ALPBOOT01_062 kit:
o The selection of 10 and 100 megabits/second and full-duplex
operation using LANCP does not work. Normally, the device
driver autoselects the speed, first attempting 100 and then
switching to 10 megabit operation on failure. If no cable is
connected, 10 megabit operation is selected and a LANCP SET
SPEED command is necessary to force 100 megabit operation.
The device driver does not implement the SET SPEED command
correctly. In addition, it does not implement the SET
DEVICE/FULL_DUPLEX command correctly, thus does not allow the
selection of full-duplex operation. These problems are
corrected for the DE500 driver, to allow speed and full-duplex
settings to be modified via LANCP commands.
o The media autoselection for the DE450, between twisted pair
(10baseT), thinwire (10base2), and thickwire (10base5), does
not work for any selection other than twisted pair. Note that
the device driver the DE450 driver does autoselection of the
media connection, selecting twisted pair, then thickwire, then
thinwire, switching on failure. If no cable is connected, the
driver selects thinwire. To change the cable selection, refer
to the LANCP documentation for the SET DEVICE/MEDIA command.
o Add DE450 and DE500 boot support. Note that the DE450 does
not use a jumper to switch between 10base2 (thinwire) and
10base5 (thickwire). To select thinwire at the console prompt
for boot purposes, set the EWA0_MODE console environment
variable to BNC. To select thickwire, set the variable to
AUI.
o Add DE203, DE204, DE205 boot support for the AlphaStation 200
and 400 systems. Booting is supported only for a module set
to the default parameters, I/O port address of 300 (hex) and
memory base address of D0000 (hex).
Problems addressed in the ALPAPB01_062 kit:
NOTE: According to OpenVMS Engineering, the fixes described in
this SECTION discussing ALPAPB and AXPBOOT have been
included in OpenVMS Alpha V7.0.
o The primitive file system used during booting of OpenVMS Alpha
cannot locate files whose file number is greater than 65536.
Depending on the phase of the boot, this can result in an
access violation (ACCVIO) or a message such as:
%SYSINIT-F-LOADERR,error loading RMS.EXE status=00000044
Problems addressed in the AXPBOOT04_061 kit:
o The images supplied with the AXPBOOT03_061 kit were not installable
on OpenVMS Alpha V6.1-1H2. This kit provides corrected images that
will install on V6.1, V6.1-1H1, and V6.1-1H2.
Problems addressed in the AXPBOOT03_061 kit:
o For the AlphaServer 2100 with OpenVMS Alpha V6.1 and the
AlphaStation 400 and AlphaStation 200 with V6.1-1H1,
connections attempted with Ethernet Tulip adapters fail,
making use of the HLL debugger impossible.
NOTE: This is not a problem for OpenVMS AXP V6.1-1H2.
o The SMC Tulip adapter requires software selection of thin
wire/thick wire. This fix adds this software selection to the
runtime driver and the boot driver.
******************* NOTE *******************
In order to receive this complete fix, the AXPLAN03_061 *MUST*
also be installed.
**********************************************
Problems addressed in the AXPBOOT02_061 kit:
o Due to an image build problem the AXPBOOT01_061 kit did not solve
the problem that it was supposed to. This kit corrects those
images.
Problems addressed in the AXPBOOT01_061 kit:
o On a DEC 7000 system running OpenVMS Alpha V6.1 and booted from a
CI device, crash dumps may terminate prematurely with a "Halt Code
05" message. This might happen after 300,000-400,000 blocks have
been written to the crash dump file, but the problem has
been reported only on large memory systems (512MB or greater).
The resulting partial crash dump is not usable for analysis.
RELATED ARTICLES:
Detailed articles describing the problems listed above may exist in
the OPENVMS database. To view these articles, open the appropriate
product database and perform a query using either of the following
search strings: 'ALPBOOT06_061', 'ALPBOOT' or 'ALPAPB'.
ECO KIT ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS:
If after an evaluation you wish to obtain this kit, request it
electronically using the appropriate Advanced Electronic Services
(AES) Service Tool. If you are not familiar with how to request
kits electronically, open the DIA, WIS or DSNLINK database and
review the article entitled:
[AES] How To Electronically Request ECO Kits Using Service Tools
INSTALLATION NOTES:
In order for the corrections in this kit to take effect, the system
must be rebooted. If the system is a member of a VMScluster, the
entire cluster should be rebooted.
REFERENCES:
The following are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation:
AlphaServer, AlphaStation, Digital, OpenVMS, and the Digital Logo.
UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other
countries licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Ltd.
Windows NT is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
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| Table of Kit Image Information |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| | Overall | Image File | Image Link |
| Image Name | Checksum | Identification | Date/Time |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| APB.EXE | 9FF3D0AC | X-8 | 20-NOV-1995 |
| | | 15:42:19.53 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| CLUE$SDA.EXE | 53C0CFCD | X-3 | 20-NOV-1995 |
| | | 15:41:58.44 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| DEBUG_APB.EXE | 87F3D0AC | X-8 | 20-NOV-1995 |
| | | 15:42:37.82 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| EXCEPTION.EXE | 9BDD3A64 | X-3 | 11-JAN-1996 |
| | | 19:53:46.64 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| EXEC_INIT.EXE | B2BCF332 | x-2 | 12-DEC-1995 |
| | | 16:58:26.82 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$CNBTDRIVER.EXE | 2E819940 | X-3 | 20-NOV-1995 |
| | | 15:41:42.20 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$DKBTDRIVER.EXE | DAAC328A | X-3 | 20-NOV-1995 |
| | | 15:42:13.40 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$ECBTDRIVER.EXE | ECDE7BD3 | X-1 | 20-NOV-1995 |
| | | 15:42:24.42 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$ERBTDRIVER.EXE | 2C2FD7AD | X-1 | 20-NOV-1995 |
| | | 15:42:42.82 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$ESBTDRIVER.EXE | 4BFCEAE7 | X-1 | 20-NOV-1995 |
| | | 15:42:34.61 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$EWBTDRIVER.EXE | A352A554 | X-1 | 20-NOV-1995 |
| | | 15:42:52.95 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$EXBTDRIVER.EXE | B078AE35 | X-1 | 20-NOV-1995 |
| | | 15:43:00.01 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$EZBTDRIVER.EXE | 3082307D | X-1 | 20-NOV-1995 |
| | | 15:43:07.22 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$FCBTDRIVER.EXE | EC004AE1 | X-1 | 20-NOV-1995 |
| | | 15:43:14.65 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$FRBTDRIVER.EXE | 21E9B25B | X-1 | 20-NOV-1995 |
| | | 15:43:23.00 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$FXBTDRIVER.EXE | D56E81F8 | X-1 | 20-NOV-1995 |
| | | 15:44:14.30 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$ISLBTDRIVER.EXE | 3BBDB718 | X-3 | 20-NOV-1995 |
| | | 15:41:48.34 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$KDMBTDRIVER.EXE | BC96B0C4 | X-1 | 20-NOV-1995 |
| | | 15:41:20.16 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$NISCA_BTDRIVER.EXE | E4D8AF08 | X-1 | 20-NOV-1995 |
| | | 15:41:28.10 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$PKTBTDRIVER.EXE | 5BD12C48 | X-3 | 20-NOV-1995 |
| | | 15:41:35.75 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$PKZABTDRIVER.EXE | 46AA1F41 | X-1 | 20-NOV-1995 |
| | | 15:44:21.23 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYSBOOT.EXE | AB9AE897 | X-37 | 20-NOV-1995 |
| | | 15:42:21.52 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYSINIT.EXE | CD1FA907 | X-36A1 | 20-NOV-1995 |
| | | 15:41:39.63 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYSLDR_DYN.EXE | 0AAD7F10 | X-3 | 12-DEC-1995 |
| | | | 16:57:49.76 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYSTEM_DEBUG.EXE | 1E2ECEBB | V1.0 | 20-NOV-1995 |
| | | | 15:41:40.64 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
|
